Crate



UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

WILLIAM S. BRAMAN, OF KEY WEST, FLORIDA.

CRATE. i

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 239,140, dated March 22, 1881.

Application flied october 1, Isso.` (Model.)

State of Florida, have invented a new and Improved Crate, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invent-ion is to provide a new and improved crate for the transportation of tish,.meats, and other like perishable articles, so "as to protect them from decomposition dnrin g transportation or storage.

The invention consists of a crate made of a network of galvanized iron, and provided with a series of knees or projections,which keep the sides of the crate from coming in contact with the sides, whereby a body of ice is secured to the outside of the crate, which intervenes between the sides and bottom of the inclosngboX. I

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of myimproved crate, showing one corner of the box brokenoif. Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional elevation of the saine.

Similar letters ot reference indicate corresponding parts.

The crate A is made of galvanized-iron wire or bands in the ordinary manner, and is provided with a series of knees, B B, having projections O C, from one to two inches in length, at the ends. These knees are riveted to the sides of the crate or attached in some other suitable manner; but care should be taken to have the projections C O on all the sides of the crate except the top,wl1icl1 does not require them.

The articles having been placed in the crate, the latter is inserted in a correspondinglyshaped but somewhat larger chamber ofthe ice-machine, so as to be covered by water, which is then frozen in con tact with and around the Iish or other articles, as Well as around the crate.- The whole mass is then removed to the vbox,wl1en itis ready for transportation.

Having thus described my invention, what Iclaim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Pateutjis- A crate consisting of galvanized metallic bands, forming body, knees, and projections C,

WILLIAM SAMUEL BRAMAN.

Witnesses vWM. B. GURRY,

GEORGE L. BARTLUM. 

